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Media Statement EASTERN CAPE – The Gqeberha based Serious Commercial Crimes Investigation of the Hawks in partnership with South African Revenue Service (SARS) and National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) ensured Bandile Brian Boyana (50) who is one of the directors of Three Architects PTY, LTD appeared before Durban Magistrate’s court on 08 April 2024 for allegations of fraud. His co-accused Aubrey Mokgobi Moeng (44) the Accountant consultant at Three Architects PTY, LTD was arrested on 18 March 2024 and was then released on R5000 bail. It is alleged that during the period between November 2015 and July 2021, Boyana and Moeng intentionally submitted fraudulent Value Added Tax (VAT) 201 returns to SARS on behalf of their business entity. Subsequent to that, SARS conducted its internal assessment and picked up discrepancies in the returns submitted for the financial years in question. However, the reports indicated that some of the returns were repudiated by SARS and some were paid to the accused. The matter was reported to the Gqeberha SCCI of the Hawks for intensive investigation. The investigation revealed that indeed the suspects had intentionally submitted false vat returns to defraud SARS, where the potential prejudice of an amount of over R8.2 million was nearly suffered. Further investigation exposed that, SARS actually suffered a loss of over R3 million in refund to their business entity. Boyana was ultimately arrested by the investigating team of the hawks on 7 April 2024 and he made his first court appearance before Durban Magistrates’ court on the same day then he was a suspect in transit from Durban to Gqeberha New Law court to face his allegations. He appeared before Gqeberha New Law court on 09 April 2024. Boyana was thus released on R10 000 bail. The matter was then remanded to 02 May 2024 for the accused to join his co-accused as the search for the other two accused is ongoing. Ends
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